Revelation (C. J. Sansom novel)

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Revelation
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Author	C. J. Sansom
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Matthew Shardlake series
Subject(s)	Crime
Genre(s)	Crime novel
Publisher	Macmillan
Publication date	April 04 2008
Media type	Hardback
Pages	452
ISBN	1-4050-9272-2
Preceded by	Sovereign
Followed by	None

Revelation is a crime novel by British author C. J. Sansom. It is Sansom's fifth novel, and the fourth in the Matthew Shardlake series. Set in the 16th Century during the reign of King Henry VIII, it follows hunchbacked lawyer Shardlake and his assistant, Jack Barak as they hunt a serial killer and investigate the case of teenage boy, a religious maniac locked in the Bedlam (Bethlem Royal Hospital) hospital for the insane.